I have been into anything real crime or law related since I could remember. Because of this I have recently become investing in a podcast titled “Serial”. Season One is about Adnan Syed, a boy who was convicted for murdering his ex girlfriend, Hae Lee. Sarah Koenig was asked to look at the case and eventually dug into it after hearing so much about it. She goes about the episodes of the podcast drawing listeners further into the story unfolding. Actual recordings from interviews she has done are played during the episodes to give more depth and feeling to the people tied up in the case.
Episode 1 dives into what happened the day that Hae got murdered, including an interview from Jay, Adnan’s close friend, about his side of the story. He explained how he knew Adnan was going to kill Hae, but yet he never spoke up about it to try and stop him, just thinking that his friend was “joking”. I honestly think Jay should be tried for accomplice to murder after his rendition of what happened and he, himself saying, helped Adnan bury the body in the park.
Many things in this case stick out to me, my love for forensics and true crime influencing how I take in the story. I no longer look at it as just a story to listen to, but to delve into and try to figure out the truth myself with what I learned from my high school forensics class. I am no where near the expert level as people in the GBI, but still love the challenge of fitting all the puzzle pieces together until the truth emerges.
Wild World 